British bombers hit oil field targets in Syria for second time

(Reuters) -- British bombers made their second round of strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria late on Friday, again hitting oil fields, British defense minister Michael Fallon said on Saturday.

"Last night we saw the Typhoons in action for the first time, successfully hitting an oil field, oil well heads in eastern Syria out in the Omar field," Fallon told Sky News.

British lawmakers approved the bombing of Islamic State targets in Syria on Thursday. Hours after that approval, British bombers struck the oilfields that the government says are being used to fund attacks on the West.

The Typhoon fighter bombers had only arrived at Britain's airbase in Akrotiri, Cyprus on Thursday, bolstering its strike force of Tornado warplanes.

Fallon was speaking during a visit to the British airbase in Cyprus.

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IDLIB, SYRIA - AUGUST 03: The wreckage of a plane belonging to the Syrian regime forces is seen after it crashed into a market in the opposition-controlled Eriha district of Idlib, Syria on August 03, 2015. Thirty-five people were killed on Monday and scores of others injured when a Syrian regime warplane crashed into a market in Syrias northwestern Idlib province, according to a local civil defense official. (Photo by Firas Faham/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

IDLIB, SYRIA - AUGUST 03: A Syrian man carries a wounded kid after a plane belonging to the Syrian regime forces crashed into a market in the opposition-controlled Eriha district of Idlib, Syria on August 03, 2015. Thirty-five people were killed on Monday and scores of others injured when a Syrian regime warplane crashed into a market in Syrias northwestern Idlib province, according to a local civil defense official. (Photo by Mohammed Amen Qurabi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

IDLIB, SYRIA - AUGUST 03: A Syrian man who was injured when a plane belonging to the Syrian regime forces crashed into a market, receives treatment in the opposition-controlled Eriha district of Idlib, Syria on August 03, 2015. Thirty-five people were killed on Monday and scores of others injured when a Syrian regime warplane crashed into a market in Syrias northwestern Idlib province, according to a local civil defense official. (Photo by Mohammed Amen Qurabi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

IDLIB, SYRIA - AUGUST 03: Syrian rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble of a buildings destroyed after a plane belonging to the Syrian regime forces crashed into a market in the opposition-controlled Eriha district of Idlib, Syria on August 03, 2015. Thirty-five people were killed on Monday and scores of others injured when a Syrian regime warplane crashed into a market in Syrias northwestern Idlib province, according to a local civil defense official. (Photo by Firas Faham/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

IDLIB, SYRIA - AUGUST 03: Syrian rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble of a buildings destroyed after a plane belonging to the Syrian regime forces crashed into a market in the opposition-controlled Eriha district of Idlib, Syria on August 03, 2015. Thirty-five people were killed on Monday and scores of others injured when a Syrian regime warplane crashed into a market in Syrias northwestern Idlib province, according to a local civil defense official. (Photo by Firas Faham/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

IDLIB, SYRIA - AUGUST 03: Syrian rescue workers search for survivors in the rubble of a buildings destroyed after a plane belonging to the Syrian regime forces crashed into a market in the opposition-controlled Eriha district of Idlib, Syria on August 03, 2015. Thirty-five people were killed on Monday and scores of others injured when a Syrian regime warplane crashed into a market in Syrias northwestern Idlib province, according to a local civil defense official. (Photo by Firas Faham/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

IDLIB, SYRIA - AUGUST 03: Syrians walk past destroyed buildings after a plane belonging to the Syrian regime forces crashed into a market in the opposition-controlled Eriha district of Idlib, Syria on August 03, 2015. Thirty-five people were killed on Monday and scores of others injured when a Syrian regime warplane crashed into a market in Syrias northwestern Idlib province, according to a local civil defense official. (Photo by Mohammed Amen Qurabi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

IDLIB, SYRIA - AUGUST 03: Syrians inspect the wreckage of a plane belonging to the Syrian regime forces after it crashed into a market in the opposition-controlled Eriha district of Idlib, Syria on August 03, 2015. Thirty-five people were killed on Monday and scores of others injured when a Syrian regime warplane crashed into a market in Syrias northwestern Idlib province, according to a local civil defense official. (Photo by Mohammed Amen Qurabi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

DAMASCUS, SYRIA - AUGUST 03: A Syrian man inspects damaged building following the airstrikes of Syrian regime forces on a residential area in Jobar district of Damascus, Syria on August 03, 2015. (Photo by Muhammed Eyad/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)